Sci/Environment
Month: November 2014
News
Silk Road 2.0: FBI Shuts Down Illegal Drugs and Guns Website and Arrests Blake Benthall
The FBI has arrested a man claimed to be the owner of online black market Silk Road 2.0. Known online as Defcon, Blake Benthall, 26, was arrested by officers in San Francisco, California on 5 […]
News
Video: ISIS extorts, loots ancient sites, destroys them for propaganda – Iraq Heritage Senior Fellow
The trafficking of ancient artefacts looted from Iraq and Syria earns ISIS millions of dollars every month. And with such a significant economic incentive, the devastation of the world’s cultural heritage has become ubiquitous. Is […]
News
Cryptocurrency Round-Up: ‘Bitcoin Against Ebola’ and Bill Nye Wants Bitcoin in his Watch
The price of bitcoin has continued to see signs of improvement, with a further 2% rise in value over the last 24 hours. Most other major cryptocurrencies have also seen positive market movement, albeit marginal. […]
Health
Ebola: Protests Erupt as Nurse Teresa Romero Ramos’s Dog Excalibur Euthanised
Animal rights advocates have staged a protest in the streets of Spain to prevent the dog of Teresa Romero Ramos, a nurse’s assistant who tested positive to Ebola in Madrid, from being killed. The dog, […]
Entertainment
Tally ho! The elite’s new blood sport: Russell Brand hunting
Fox hunting is no longer legal in Britain. But there’s a new blood sport this autumn – Russell Brand hunting. Members of the ‘hegemonic consensus’ supporting Elite Journos Club have been competing with one another […]
News
Labour Leadership: 49% of Voters Think Ed Miliband Should be Dropped ahead of 2015 General Election
Almost half of UK voters think that the Labour Party would be better off at the 2015 General Election if they ditched Ed Miliband as leader, according to a poll from YouGov for LBC Radio. […]
News
Wales: ‘Hannibal Lecter Cannibal’ High on Cocaine when he Ate Woman’s Face
A man suspected of murdering his girlfriend after he was found “eating her face like Hannibal Lecter,” was allegedly high on coke at the time of the grisly incident according to witnesses. 34-year-old Matthew Williams […]
Health
Ebola: New Sierra Leone Outbreak Sparks Fears Disease will Kill More People
A fresh Ebola outbreak in a district of Sierra Leone, where the virus was thought to have been contained, has sparked fears the disease will kill more people. News of the renascent outbreak broke as […]
News
Watch out below! Massive steel bolts fall from London skyscraper
Two heavy steel bolts broke off one of London’s tallest skyscrapers, prompting urgent ultrasound tests on more than 3,000 ‘mega-bolt’ on the City’s ‘cheese-grater’ tower. The 47-story landmark building was cordoned off from pedestrians after […]